Oversight of police: Oversight Undermined

Special Investigations Unit and Ministry of the Attorney General

Date:
12/14/2011

The Ministry of the Attorney General was found to have failed in supporting the provincial Special Investigations Unit and in implementing recommendations the Ombudsman made in his 2008 investigation, Oversight Unseen.

The following are two excerpts from a France2 documentary about the Ontario SIU. The first excerpt shows the SIU wearing a ring and the second excerpt shows SIU investigators. The full documentary can be seen here: http://info.france2.fr/complement-denquete/ (in French only; see 'Revoir les émissions en intégralité' and look for the video, 'Bravures, ripoux : que fait la police?')

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VOS COMMENTAIRES

I commend you and the Ontario government for not only providing this service but ensuring that the individuals assigned to these roles have the knowledge, compassion and desire to serve those of us who need it at these most desolate times in our lives.

– Complainant

I am glad that you are fighting for the people, ensuring govt checks/balances, and "humanizing" bureaucratic policies.

– @AndrewGOBrien

Makes me proud to be Canadian to read about action at this level with fairness, justice and equity. Keep up the good work!

– @davethebrave371

Thanks for what you do. Keep being the real eyes and ears of our province.

– @geejer55

Thank you for obtaining in two weeks what took me one year to achieve with the FRO.

– Complainant

Expanding the ombudsman's power isn't a matter of tossing a bureaucrat a bone; it's a matter of giving taxpayers government accountability they can sink their teeth into, something that'll surely be needed if they're asked to swallow more corporate approaches to whipping Ontario's books into shape.

– Greg Van Moorsel, Kingston Whig-Standard, June 22 2012

Your effort to kick [ODSP] into motion…is appreciated. The Ombudsman has big teeth and can bite, I see.

– Complainant

Ontario is lucky to have Ombudsman Andre Marin, who keeps the powerful honest. It's a good thing for some that he doesn't have the authority to lay criminal charges.

– Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, December 29, 2012

There is no doubt in my mind that I would be still be fighting for the money owed had it not been for the Ombudsman of Ontario Office’s involvement…Your work is needed and appreciated.

– Complainant

Wow, look at that – substantive engagement from a public official on social networks. That’s transparency.